Two-phase flow in structured packings: Modeling and calculation on a macroscopic scale

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 614-626

  Mahr, B ^a   Mewes, D ^b  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic pressure drop; CFD; Elementary cell model; Structured packing; Tomography; Two phase flow; X ray

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPIC PRESSURE DROP; ELEMENTARY CELL MODEL; STRUCTURED PACKING;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATION THEORY; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 42149141176     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11400     Document Type: Article

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